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Originally Posted by Tucson
I have been rejected for three jobs now. They would have been easy jobs. I am overqualified. I suppose this is the reason. My depression has been bad. I had to lay on my sofa exhausted for some reason. I went in and out of sleep. I am begining to feel better now. This cannot happen to me when I eventually find a job. I have been losing weigh AGAIN. I am over six feet and weigh 173 pounds. Not good at all. I have increased my calories. I am not exercising as much right now. Maybe this will halt my weight loss. It has been up to 110 degrees outside. I have no AC. So it is pretty warm in my house.
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I'm so sorry about the job situation. That's me too. I want just a simple job, but I have an M.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology. Overqualified. No chance. My husband could have lots of job offers around here if he just had a B.S., but he's got a Ph.D. Again, overqualified. It sucks.
I'm sorry about the weight loss. I'm dealing with it too though with an eating disorder in my past, parts of me don't want to regain the weight. I'm 5'5" and weigh 101 lb. My husband is very tall (6'4"); he usually weighs around 200 lb., but when he is working (he teaches high school physics), his weight usually drops to around 180 lb. He was extremely thin when I first met him, in the 160's; I guess he was just always skinny , so he started doing weight training.
That's awful heat not have to an AC. I'm in Texas (Houston area), and life without an AC is just miserable in the summer. We didn't have it growing up, and I remember nights and nights of my nightgown sticking to my skin, a box fan in the window doing nothing, too hot to sleep. The problem with this area of Texas is it doesn't just get hot, it is super, super humid ALL the time. That is a hot daytime temperature though. Are you drinking enough fluids to stay hydrated? Have you thought about trying a protein shake (Muscle Milk or the like, chocolate usually doesn't taste bad). When I was trying to gain weight from when my eating disorder was bad, I had snacks of Slimfast shakes as I liked the taste & texture better than Boost or Ensure. Could that be something to try? Or maybe snack on nuts? Healthy fats & a good source of calories?